c/kWh
per week
Capacity
8 kg
Vented
Energy rating
2.5
Annual electricity use
332 kWh
Label: 332 kWh ยท 6.4 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$110 / year
$1,096 over 10 years
Control
Timer ยท Standard programme

5% less electricity than the median of 10 comparable 8 kg vented dryer registrations (351 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 60% of them. At your rates that is about $6 a year less than the median, $63 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 10 comparable 8 kg vented dryer registrations. Dot: this model (below the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg vented dryer sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

Clothes dryers that use less electricity

Same type and size group, at least 3% lower annual kWh on the label basis.

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Robinhood RHVD70W7 kg289 kWh/yr2.5$95
Stirling STR-CD70W7 kg289 kWh/yr2.5$95
Parmco DR7WAV7 kg289 kWh/yr2.5$95
Kogan KACDRYTS70A7 kg302 kWh/yr2$100
Kogan KACDRYTS70*7 kg302 kWh/yr2$100

kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

Clothes dryers similar to the Stirling STR-VD8W

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Solt GGSVD8B8 kg351 kWh/yr2$116
Eurotech 3613208 kg326 kWh/yr2.5$108
Inalto IVD28BHi8 kg351 kWh/yr2$116
Eurotech 3613218 kg326 kWh/yr2.5$108
Mistral MBDY578-V8W-F8 kg332 kWh/yr2.5$110
Solt GGSVD8*8 kg351 kWh/yr2$116
Inalto IVD28G8 kg351 kWh/yr2$116
Mistral MBDY578-V8W8 kg332 kWh/yr2.5$110

kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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Stirling STR-VD8W specifications

Type (government)
Vented
Rated capacity
8.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
timer
Programme tested
Standard
Programme time
254 min
Moisture removed in test
6.23 kg
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
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Annual energy (label)
332 kWh
Star rating index
2.50
Country of manufacture
China

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACD0761
GEMS registration id
159058
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
18 March 2029
Registered for sale in
Australia, New Zealand
Family
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Regulatory standard
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Rotary Clothes Dryers) Determination 2024
Test standard
AS/NZS 2442.1:1996/Amdt 4:2006

Source: E3 programme registration data (EECA, New Zealand) (trans-Tasman E3 registration data published by DCCEEW on data.gov.au, CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 20 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.